My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 564

“But seeing you come all the way here, does that mean they still won’t talk?”

“Yes.”

It was as expected. Not only Song An-nyeo, who was caught first, but all four of them were keeping their mouths shut. Well, it’s understandable. The crimes they committed were so heinous that anyone could see they couldn’t avoid the death penalty.

Even if South Korea is a country that has effectively abolished the death penalty, the thought of living in prison forever would be unbearable for them.

“There’s no evidence either.”

“I figured.”

When they kidnapped the women, it was probably the Chinese who handed them over to Hong Woo-jong.

The only evidence would be the clothes the victims were wearing, but those have already been incinerated.

“Mr. Im Tae-mu said he’d testify, but…”

Park Do-joon nodded at that.

“It’s ambiguous.”

Only one person’s testimony. And even that without any corroborating evidence. There was no evidence to be found in the place where they were disguised.

“The Korean court isn’t so lenient as to decide guilt based on a single testimony.”

Of course, testimony does have an effect. But that’s only when physical and scientific evidence support the testimony. As it is now, the Korean court isn’t so easily swayed as to sentence someone to death based on a single testimony when there’s no physical or scientific evidence.

Especially since the Korean court has a history of handing out death sentences or punishments at the request of certain individuals, they tend to avoid doing so in cases that garner so much attention.

“What about the Chinese guys in charge of transportation?”

“None. I subtly asked around, but they said the boss’s closest aides took care of such important tasks.”

“You don’t even know who the boss is?”

“No, those guys are just dumb.”

“I figured.”

Wang Woo-hwan is the type to hide somewhere and direct his subordinates as he pleases. If they were smart, they wouldn’t have blabbered about being a criminal organization as soon as they were caught.

“This is troublesome.”

It would be really troublesome if they caught the criminals but couldn’t prove it.

“If we could at least find the location…”

“It’s already gone.”

Wang Woo-hwan isn’t stupid. No matter where that place was, he would have already disposed of it. Probably incinerated it cleanly.

“But there’s another way.”

“Another way?”

“Yeah, Chinese people don’t really like Koreans.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“We’re not after Wang Woo-hwan directly. And those guys don’t know anything about Wang Woo-hwan.”

“They don’t.”

They’ve already tried all sorts of questions, persuasion, and tricks. But these guys don’t know who Wang Woo-hwan is, let alone who’s above him.

“Surprisingly, this happens a lot.”

“Huh? A lot?”

“Yeah.”

The really smart ones don’t come to the forefront at all. Putting up a figurehead? That’s a really classic tactic. These days, it’s common to put up a figurehead for the figurehead.

“The guys they contacted were either Wang Woo-hwan’s direct subordinates or subordinates of his subordinates.”

“Is Wang Woo-hwan that smart?”

“According to the information, he’s a profiler. There’s no way he wouldn’t know the rules of the game.”

So he’ll be thoroughly hiding himself.

“Look at that organ trafficking case. We didn’t even know Wang Woo-hwan existed until we got to the scene.”

“I guess so.”

Even though Wang Woo-hwan appeared as a negotiation team for organ trafficking, Park Do-joon thought Wang Woo-hwan was the one who devised the system. Deceiving the other party to steal their organs and using international relations to protect themselves is something that ordinary people can’t do.

“So we need to grill the guys who *do* know Wang Woo-hwan.”

“But will those guys talk?”

“They won’t. But we can make them act like they’re willing to die together.”

“Die together? Well, I understand.”

The reason they’re not talking is because a huge punishment awaits them the moment they open their mouths. It’s a crime that’s 100% likely to result in the death penalty, and they can’t avoid it.

“In other words, if the death penalty is confirmed or something close to it, they’ll just give up and talk.”

“That’s right.”

“But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any problems, does it?”

Because there’s no related evidence.

“So we have to use the Chinese gang members.”

“Huh?”

“Chinese gang members look down on Koreans, and their relationship is quite bad.”

“How do you know that?”

“Remember when I interrogated Song An-nyeo and she said she felt uncomfortable with what she was eating?”

“Yes.”

“Is it difficult to have three or four different kinds of food delivered from somewhere else?”

One would be different, but in this case, there are four Koreans involved. And with four people, it’s not impossible to have food delivered from a Korean restaurant.

Even the Chinese gang members claimed that they were free to go out.

“But why didn’t they go out to eat, and just looked at the Koreans’ food?”

“That’s right. They were subtly bullying them. Should I call it being ostracized?”

“Ah!”

They could have ordered separately, but they didn’t. And they could go out, but they blocked it with all sorts of excuses. The Korean criminals were naturally uncomfortable and full of complaints, but they couldn’t compete in terms of numbers or social standing.

“So they were watching their backs because they couldn’t win with strength?”

“Yeah, not all organizations run on strength and violence.”

Moreover, these Korean guys aren’t even their gang members, so there’s no need to worry about the hierarchy.

“Oppressing a minority isn’t just about violence.”

There are many ways to put psychological pressure or control them so they can’t move.

“Even middle school students know that and commit school violence, so there’s no way gangsters wouldn’t know.”

“Then?”

“Yeah, if we tell those guys to testify about Wang Woo-hwan, they obviously won’t talk. But what if we tell them to testify about the other four?”

Of course, they’ll blabber. Because it has nothing to do with them and they don’t like them.

“And it’s easy to change that slightly, hahaha!”

# Power and Secrets

Chinese and Koreans don’t get along. Of course, it doesn’t really matter to people who live ordinary lives. But many criminals live with a sense of entitlement, a kind of inferiority complex, in one corner of their minds, believing they are victims.

For example, they commit murder and don’t think they did anything wrong, but rather that the world made them this way.

And stimulating that wasn’t particularly difficult.

“So those guys framed us!”

“I heard you guys were forced to kidnap them because of threats?”

“No, you son of a bitch! What nonsense! We were just doing what we were told. That’s funny.”

They belong to the same organization, but at the same time, they are different organizations, so the two cannot mix.

‘And it’s obvious without even looking.’

In this case, there are two women on the Korean side. Even though Song An-nyeo is relatively old, she’s still in her mid-30s and wanted to be a celebrity, so her beauty isn’t going anywhere.

As such, they would have been sexually harassed by the Chinese almost every day, and it would be strange if that didn’t build up resentment. Of course, they would have looked down on the Chinese, and the Chinese would have gone wild, saying they were being ignored.

‘There’s no way they’re on good terms.’

That’s why it wasn’t difficult to drive a wedge between them.

“This is a serious problem.”

Park Do-joon said to the Chinese’s so-called boss.

“In the worst-case scenario, you could be sentenced to death.”

“D, death!”

The man’s face turned pale at those words because he wouldn’t want to die.

‘And China is a country that executes the death penalty.’

It’s not just that they execute the death penalty, but China is the one who takes out the organs of the executed and sells them.

Of course, they think the Korean police are pushovers and the Korean law is messed up, but can they really ignore the words “death penalty?”

‘At best, these guys think they’ll live for about three years and get out.’

In fact, the level of crime these guys have committed is unlikely to result in even a year and a half. Most of them will probably end up with a suspended sentence and deportation.

‘But not this guy.’

Wherever there is a human organization, someone will lead it. Even among friends, there is someone who takes the lead and arranges meetings.

But wouldn’t that be the case in a violent organization? There isn’t a boss, but there is a leader, and this man is that leader.

“I heard you ordered it?”

“What are you talking about! What did I order!”

“I’m talking about kidnapping and murder. I heard you’re the main culprit.”

“We don’t know! It wasn’t us who took those women, it was the boss’s people!”

“So, do you have any evidence?”

“What?”

“Do you have any evidence?”

“That’s…”

There isn’t any. In the first place, they’re not easy enough to leave evidence behind. There are CCTVs [closed-circuit televisions] in the motel, but they’ve been turned off for a very long time. They didn’t want to leave any traces.

“And by the way, this is Korea.”

“So?”

“Will the court believe a Korean or a Chinese?”

“These *bbangzi* [derogatory term for Chinese people] bastards!”

The man tried to get up and rush at him at those words, but he couldn’t easily do that because he was handcuffed.

‘Paranoia is connected to fear.’

Apart from thinking that the Korean law and police are messed up, they don’t think the Korean law and police are fair. It’s easy to make them think that if there are two people, a Korean and a Chinese, they will naturally trust the Korean more.

It happens commonly overseas right away. Even in Korea, that’s the truth.

‘To save the Koreans, they’re driving you to death.’

If you make them think that way, they’ll have no choice but to struggle to survive.

Because the life they thought was just deportation is changing.

“No! It’s not true! There’s nothing we could have done!”

“Well? There are testimonies from four people.”

“It’s not true! Ah, damn it, *bbangzi* bastards! Do you think you’ll be okay after doing this!”

“Well, we have nothing to say.”

Park Do-joon shrugged as if he had nothing more to say and got up from his seat.

“Hey! Stop! Hey!”

But Park Do-joon didn’t stop and came straight outside. Lee Ji-soo approached him and chuckled.

“You were right, sir. Their eyes went crazy when we said we’d take the other side’s side.”

“Of course. Even a mutt eats half of what it gets in its own territory.”

That’s how important one’s base is to power. But Korea is not their base.

“They’ll know too.”

That if a Korean commits a crime or is involved in a crime in China, the Chinese government will never help the Koreans. Rather, they will try to put the blame on the Korean side and help the Chinese.”